Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 12: Carlton vs West Coast

[shawny]

If we can’t beat a injury riddled middle of the road team let’s cut the crap and excuses we are miles off it on every level.

Midfield smashed AGAIN. Negative 25 contested pos against a middle road team missing a few of their prime mids. I mean this really shows how far off we are in the middle. Blokes like setterfield Cottrell Martin Dow are not the answer so apart from Walsh and Cripps who was sh1te today our midfield wouldn’t dominate in the vfl.

The rebuild is now seriously looking more like a failure more then a success.

No Membership for me next year. Not a chance.

[madbluboy]

Oh the defend Murphy brigade.

No passengers and he has been a passenger for years now. Didnt even look like he was trying today or last week when he came on.

[madbluboy]

Cripps has to take a big pay cut. He is not an 800k player anymore.

[Lods]

As my mother likes to say, "Big Rahbish." The obligatory 4 goal loss.

I'm not sure if I'm pissed because I overestimated us / underestimated them, or just the we way we played the game. Maybe both.

The main guys on the ABC call, Nick Davis and Ryan O'Keefe, mentioned a few times that we are a team that relies less on system and more on individual brilliance. And that's a problem according to them. And I agree.

Blah.

I think this is very much at the core of the problem.
We have some talented players but they don't work together as well as other sides.
A lot of that has to do with games together.
Injuries and a the introduction of new players into the side is a big factor in this and it's not likely we'll suddenly develop those understandings to a large degree in the remainder of this season.
How we use these players, the structures and systems we're trying to introduce are a little unclear...that's an issue for the coaching staff (if there are any left after the bye)

[laj]

Chris Judd said it 3 years ago. At the Eagles the only focus was on how they can get better and challenge for the flag. When he came to Carlton all he heard from the players was about their next contract.

[madbluboy]

I love Docherty but he's not half the player he was. Forget disposal numbers or dream team points, he can't compete the same anymore.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Got smashed at the stoppages/clearances......like I have been saying for a while we need another couple of big coalface mids to help Cripps and Walsh. That has to be a recruiting priority along with a defender who can take these small/medium forwards who can take a mark.

[Professer E]

Sad to say it but he looks finished.  Two kneesxplus cancer,  he's a shell of the player he was.

Murphy was finished two years ago. Embarrassed himself today. 

Setterfield and Martin play soft football and look like they don't give a....  These are the types we need to cull out.  Now.

[Shakin77]

Oh the defend Murphy brigade.

No passengers and he has been a passenger for years now. Didnt even look like he was trying today or last week when he came on.

Oh the bag Murphy brigade.  Did you see when he short stepped that contest.  Can't remember then, but it was right in front of me.  He doesn't go hard enough.  It's dribble to be honest.

The bloke is playing half forward flank.  Sheed and the midfield smashed us.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I love Docherty but he's not half the player he was. Forget disposal numbers or dream team points, he can't compete the same anymore.

Brave player on and off the field but I agree and wouldnt have him down back anymore unless we are short of players.
He isnt great overhead and looks slower and shaky in heavy traffic, we have Williams, Saad and Docherty who want to sit behind the ball for the easy intercept and rebound and its not working.
As someone else on another thread said we need that Brayden Maynard physical, contested type of half back to supplement these rebounders.